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Ackman versus the Board (Spanish version)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Weber, JamesCase HBS-112S08Accounting and ControlAfter 15 years of great performance, Target's faltering performance during an economic downturn led an activist shareholder to initiate a proxy fight. Target Corporation, the second-largest discount store retailer in the U.S., had competed successfully against industry leader Walmart for years by promoting an upscale discount shopping experience in comparison to Walmart's focus on low prices. This strategy worked well for Target in good economic ...Starting at €8.20
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Publish or Protect? (Spanish version)
Shih, Willy; Chai, SenCase HBS-615S15Service and Operations ManagementShould they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and nobody else could patent them? They wish to preserve their freedom to practice, but they are very concerned about competitors' ability to benefit from LEGO Group's R&D investments or alternately interfere with its freedom to operate.Starting at €8.20
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General Electric Medical Systems--2002 (Spanish version)
Khanna, Tarun; Weber, JamesCase HBS-708S36StrategyDiscusses one of General Electric's flagship divisions--the world's leading provider of medical diagnostic imaging equipment. Provides an opportunity to examine a multinational confronting massive technological and demographic changes around the world. Genomics has created a global opportunity by making personalized medicine seem possible--medical intervention that caters to the genetic makeup of the individual and emphasizes prevention more than...Starting at €8.20
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CME Group (Spanish version)
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-718S03EconomicsEl caso describe el CME Group, bolsa de productos más grande del mundo, los futuros y opciones sobre futuros, la historia, la regulación y las decisiones estratégicas de la empresa enfrentó. CME Group se formó a partir de los intercambios más antiguas y conocidas en el mundo. Los operadores en el intercambio compran y venden contratos con el fin de cubrir el riesgo o especular sobre las tendencias de los precios futuros. En las últimas décadas el...Starting at €8.20
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Tim Keller Katzenbach Partners LLC (Resumido)
Groysberg, Boris; Marquis, Christopher; Kanji, Ayesha; Weber, JamesCase HBS-418S12Leadership and People ManagementPistas de los primeros seis meses de un reciente graduado de MBA, Tim Keller, en Katzenbach Partners, una empresa de consultoría moderna especializada en el cambio organizacional y la estrategia. Cubiertas cómo Keller inicialmente lucha con sus misiones y termina con una pregunta de si debía o no asistir a una reunión que no fue invitado a, donde los consultores más altos planean implementar la herramienta de la dinámica del sistema que él era re...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix (Spanish version)
Shih, Willy; Kaufman, Stephen P.; Spinola, DavidCase HBS-608S26Strategyvideo-on-demand. How should Netflix respond?Starting at €8.20
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Merck Latin America (B): Argentina (Spanish Version)
Beer, Michael; Weber, JamesCase HBS-406S14Leadership and People ManagementComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Asda (B) (Spanish Version)
Beer, Michael; Weber, JamesCase HBS-408S37Leadership and People ManagementDescribe los esfuerzos de Archie Norman durante un período de cinco años para dar la vuelta a la compañía por recuperar el control financiero, la entrega de la gestión, la creación de proyectos experimentales en los que las personas se sentían libres para innovar, instituir una estrategia de back-to-raíces que puso por primera vez a los clientes, y crear una cultura caracterizado por la alta implicación de los trabajadores y la innovación rápida ...Starting at €5.74
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Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things
Christensen, Clayton M.; Kaufman, Stephen P.; Shih, WillyArticle HBS-R0801F-EStrategyMost companies aren't half as innovative as their senior executives want them to be (or as their marketing claims suggest they are). What's stifling innovation? There are plenty of usual suspects, but the authors finger three financial tools as key accomplices. Discounted cash flow and net present value, as commonly used, underestimate the real returns and benefits of proceeding with an investment. Most executives compare the cash flows from inno...Starting at €8.20
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Does America Really Need Manufacturing
Pisano, Gary P.; Shih, WillyArticle HBS-R1203G-EService and Operations ManagementToo many U.S. companies base decisions about where to locate production largely on narrow financial criteria. They don't consider whether keeping manufacturing at home makes more sense strategically or take into account the impact it might have on their ability to innovate. The result has been an exodus of manufacturing from America, which has weakened the capabilities that domestic firms need to keep inventing high-quality, cost-competitive prod...Starting at €8.20